Jacob Kurtzberg Net Worth
Jacob Kurtzberg Net Worth is
$100,000
Jacob Kurtzberg Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994), born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium.Kirby grew up poor in New York City and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s and drew various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby, generally teamed with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and for National Comics, the company that later became DC Comics.After serving in World War II, Kirby returned to comics and worked in a variety of genres. He produced work for a number of publishers, including DC, Harvey Comics, Hillman Periodicals and Crestwood Publications, where he and Simon created the genre of romance comics. He and Simon also launched their own short-lived comic company, Mainline Publications. Kirby ultimately found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, soon to become Marvel. There, in the 1960s, he and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many of Marvel's major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk. Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, however, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC.There Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comics titles. While these series proved commercially unsuccessful and were canceled, the Fourth World's New Gods have continued as a significant part of the DC Universe. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid-to-late 1970s, then ventured into television animation and independent comics. In his later years, Kirby, who has been called "the William Blake of comics", began receiving great recognition in the mainstream press for his career accomplishments, and in 1987 he was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.Kirby was married to Rosalind "Roz" Goldstein in 1942. They had four children, and remained married until his death from heart failure in 1994, at the age of 76. The Jack Kirby Awards and Jack Kirby Hall of Fame were named in his honor. Full Name | Jack Kirby |
Date Of Birth | August 28, 1917 |
Died | 1994-02-06 |
Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, United States |
Profession | Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Animation Department |
Education | Pratt Institute |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Roz Goldstein, m. |
Children | Lisa R. Kirby, Barbara J. Kirby, Susan M. Kirby, Neal L. Kirby |
Parents | Benjamin Kurtzberg, Rose Kurtzberg |
Awards | Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame |
Nominations | Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form |
Movies | The Avengers, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain America: The First Avenger, Ant-Man, The Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor: The Dark World, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Iron Man 2, Iron M... |
TV Shows | The Marvel Super Heroes, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, Silver Surfer, Fred and Barney Meet The Thing, The Incredible Hulk, The New Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Fantastic Four, Black Panther |
Star Sign | Virgo |
# | Trademark |
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1 | Use of Splash panels (Large panels, sometimes taking up entire pages, often depicting big events) |
2 | Bold inflation in lettering |
3 | The realistic manner in which he depicted fight scenes |
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1 | I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly |
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1 | The only time Kirby regretted his calling was when a military officer recognized him as an illustrator while he was serving in the field as a infantry trooper in World War II. He was then assigned to be a forward scout with the task of heading into hostile territory ahead of the main force to map it out, an extremely dangerous duty. |
2 | His parents, Rose (Bernstein) and Benjamin Kurtzberg, were Austrian Jewish immigrants. |
3 | Created Groot of ''The Guardians of The Galaxy'' fame. |
4 | His favorite of his own works was the ''New Gods'' saga. |
5 | Briefly worked as an animator for Fleischer Studios, the studio that would later make the animated Superman features which gave him flight, but disliked it. |
6 | Was included in one of Mark Waid's ''Fantastic Four'' comics as God or some other powerful deity who was responsible for the creation of the heroes and Their adventures. The character was implied to have been the Ominiscient creator of all Marvel Universes. |
7 | Jack Kirby was famous for being as tough as his characters. For instance, when a gangster was shaking down Kirby's boss, Will Eisner, to take his towel service, Kirby charged in to throw the gangster out. When Kirby created Captain America with Joe Simon, Nazi sympathizers once gathered in the lobby of the office building where the pair worked to threaten them. However, when upon hearing that Kirby was heading down with his sleeves rolled up to physically confront them himself, they fled before he arrived. |
8 | He is the mutual idol of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. In honor of him they made a character called Kirby King for a comic book (Donatello #1, "Kirby and the Warp Crystal"). |
9 | Kirby was a veteran of World War II, where he saw combat in the European Theater. He later applied these experiences in his war comics, especially his lesser known work on DC's "The Losers.". |
10 | He based the character of Ben Grimm, aka The Thing in Fantastic Four, on himself. |
11 | His creations have included Captain America, Thor, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Black Panther, Silver Surfer, Doctor Doom and the X-Men. |
12 | The relationship between The Thing and Mr Fantastic was modelled on his own with Stan Lee. |
13 | Kirby created production art for an abandoned film project, based on Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light. The film script and concept art was later used for the "Argo" film project ruse that was part of the successful CIA-Canadian operation that managed to extract six Americans out of revolutionary Iran in 1980. |
14 | Kirby is remembered fondly as not only a prolific artist, but a very considerate man at work. For instance, when he came to DC Comics after his most famous work at Marvel Comics in 1970, he insisted on taking over the minor title, "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen," because it had no assigned talent at the time so he could work on it without causing anyone to lose his job. |
15 | The character "Dan Turpin" in Superman (1996) (aka Superman: The Animated Series (1996)) was based on Jack Kirby. |
16 | Had a major dispute with Marvel Comics to get back his original artwork (which consisted of well over 9000 pages over his ten year tenure). Marvel asked him to sign a release indemnifying the company for any missing work. Kirby refused. After a massive support campaign within the industry, Marvel eventually returned the remaining art, without conditions; but, much of it was missing, from his peak period. |
17 | While at D.C., Kirby also created the characters OMAC (One Man Army Corps) and Kamandi, the last boy on Earth. |
18 | A dispute with Stan Lee forced Kirby to leave Marvel after several years of writing and illustrating for them. Kirby then returned to Marvel's chief rival D.C. Comics (Simon & Kirby left Timely Comics, in the 1940s to jump to rival National/DC, and Kirby later worked for them in the 1950s), where he introduced his "Fourth World" series which included The New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle as well as one of his greatest creations, the villain Darkseid. Although Kirby's direct involvement with his creations proved short-lived, he was later involved in action figure designs for these characters in the Super Powers toy line by the Kenner Toy Company in the 1980s. As DC Comics was proud to point out, this led to Kirby finally getting direct royalties for his comic book characters for the first time in his career. |
19 | In honor of Jack Kirby, comic strip artist-writer Rick Veitch named his son Kirby. |
20 | He was a major artist in the comic book medium throughout his career, raising standards for illustration and created important and influential characters like Captain America, the Fantastic Four and many other characters for Marvel and DC comics amoung others. |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Untitled Avengers Movie | 2019 | comic book by pre-production | |
Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | comic book by filming | |
Black Panther | 2018 | comic book pre-production | |
Thor: Ragnarok | 2017 | comic book post-production | |
Inhumans | 2017 | TV Series comic book pre-production | |
Justice League Dark | 2017 | Video character: Etrigan completed | |
Nick Fury | character announced | ||
Silver Surfer | characters announced | ||
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot | 2016 | TV Mini-Series based on the Marvel comics by - 6 episodes | |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 2013-2016 | TV Series based on the Marvel comics by - 72 episodes | |
Avengers Assemble | 2016 | TV Series based on the Marvel Comics by - 22 episodes | |
Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | based on the Marvel comics by | |
Daredevil | 2015-2016 | TV Series character: Roscoe Sweeney - 2 episodes | |
Agent Carter | 2015-2016 | TV Series based on the Marvel comics by - 18 episodes | |
LEGO DC Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom! | 2015 | Video character created by: Darkseid | |
Fantastic Four | 2015 | Marvel comic book | |
Ant-Man | 2015 | based on the comics by | |
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | 2015 | TV Series based on comics by - 2 episodes | |
Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | based on the Marvel comics by | |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 2014 | based on the Marvel comic by | |
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher | 2014 | Video characters | |
Justice League: War | 2014 | Video characters created by: Darkseid, Desaad, Parademons | |
Thor: The Dark World | 2013 | based on the Marvel comics by | |
The Avengers Lego Adventure | 2013 | Short characters - uncredited | |
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | 2013 | Video character created by: Etrigan the Demon | |
Iron Man Three | 2013 | based on the Marvel comic book by | |
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore | 2013 | Video characters | |
Loki's Plot: An Easter Special | 2013 | Video short characters - uncredited | |
Thor and Loki in Wigan | 2013 | Video short characters - uncredited | |
Thor in the Playroom | 2013 | Video short characters - uncredited | |
Avengers Assemble in the Playroom | 2012 | Video short characters - uncredited | |
Iron Man: Armored Adventures | 2011-2012 | TV Series characters - 15 episodes | |
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | 2010-2012 | TV Series comic book - 22 episodes | |
Ultimate Spider-Man | 2012 | TV Series creator | |
Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | comic books | |
X-Men | 2011 | TV Series comics - 12 episodes | |
Smallville | TV Series characters created by: Fourth World - 9 episodes, 2010 - 2011 character: Morgan Edge - 3 episodes, 2003 | ||
Thor: Tales of Asgard | 2011 | Video characters | |
Thor | 2011 | comic book | |
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds | 2011 | Video Game characters | |
Iron Man | 2010 | TV Series characters - 12 episodes | |
Batman: The Brave and the Bold | TV Series creator: Darkseid - 1 episode, 2010 creator: Kalibak - 1 episode, 2010 creator: Mantis - 1 episode, 2010 | ||
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | 2010 | Video creator | |
Iron Man 2 | 2010 | Marvel comic book | |
Iron Man: Extremis | 2010 | TV Mini-Series character: Iron Man - 1 episode | |
Planet Hulk | 2010 | Video creator | |
Hulk Vs. | 2009 | Video characters: The Hulk/Bruce Banner, Thor - uncredited | |
The Incredible Hulk | 2008 | Video Game characters | |
Iron Man | 2008 | Video Game characters | |
Iron Man | 2008 | characters | |
Justice League: The New Frontier | 2008 | Video characters: Challengers of the Unknown, Kyle "Ace" Morgan, Walter "Prof" Haley, Matthew "Red" Ryan, Lester "Rocky" Davis, June Robbins - uncredited | |
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | 2007 | characters | |
The Invincible Iron Man | 2007 | Video character: Iron Man/Tony Stark - uncredited | |
Ultimate Avengers II | 2006 | Video comic book & characters | |
Justice League | TV Series creator: Darkseid & New Gods - 3 episodes, 2003 - 2006 character: Morgaine le Fey - 3 episodes, 2002 - 2004 character: Etrigan - 2 episodes, 2004 - 2005 character: Glorious Godfrey - 2 episodes, 2003 creator: Etrigan - 2 episodes, 2002 character: Mantis - 1 episode, 2005 characters created by: Fourth World - 1 episode, 2005 | ||
Fantastic Four | 2005/I | Marvel comic book | |
The Punisher | 2004 | Video Game characters: Tony Stark/Iron Man & Nicholas Joseph Fury - uncredited | |
Tony Hawk's Underground | 2003 | Video Game character: Iron Man - uncredited | |
Hulk | 2003 | Marvel comic book character | |
Batman Beyond | TV Series characters: Kobra Cult - 4 episodes, 2000 - 2001 character: Big Barda - 2 episodes, 2000 | ||
X-Men: Evolution | 2000 | TV Series comic book & characters - uncredited | |
Avengers: United They Stand | 1999-2000 | TV Series creator - 13 episodes | |
Superman | TV Series character: Dan Turpin - 8 episodes, 1997 - 1998 characters: Darkseid and the New Gods - 3 episodes, 1997 - 1998 character: Darkseid - 2 episodes, 2000 | ||
The New Batman Adventures | TV Series character: Jason Blood - 1 episode, 1998 characters: Jason Blood/Etrigan the Demon & Klarion Bleak/Klarion the Witch-Boy - 1 episode, 1998 | ||
Silver Surfer | 1998 | TV Series creator - 13 episodes | |
Spider-Man | TV Series character: Iron Man - 6 episodes, 1996 - 1997 character: Nick Fury - 6 episodes, 1995 - 1997 | ||
X-Men | TV Series based on the Marvel "X-Men" comics by - 57 episodes, 1993 - 1997 characters - 56 episodes, 1993 - 1997 based on the Marvel Comics "X-Men" comic books by - 18 episodes, 1992 - 1993 characters: Professor Charles Francis Xavier/Professor X, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Jean Grey, Dr. Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy/Beast & Erik "Magnus" Lehnsherr/Magneto - 3 episodes, 1993 characters: Professor Charles Francis Xavier/Professor X, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Jean Grey, Dr. Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy/Beast & | ||
The Incredible Hulk | 1996 | TV Series characters / creator | |
X-Men 2: Clone Wars | 1995 | Video Game characters | |
The Fantastic Four | 1994 | comic book - uncredited | |
Fantastic Four | 1994 | TV Series characters / creator | |
The Incredible Hulk | 1994 | Video Game characters | |
The Punisher | 1993 | Video Game characters | |
X-Men | 1993 | Video Game comic book characters | |
X-Men | 1992 | Video Game comic book & characters | |
Captain America and the Avengers | 1991 | Video Game comic book & characters | |
Spider-Man: The Video Game | 1991 | Video Game comic book & characters | |
Captain America | 1990 | characters | |
Pryde of the X-Men | 1989 | TV Short characters - uncredited | |
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends | 1982 | TV Series creator - 1 episode | |
The Incredible Hulk | 1982 | TV Series characters | |
The Incredible Hulk | TV Series based on the Marvel Comics "The Hulk" comic books by - 82 episodes, 1977 - 1982 character: Dr. Robert Bruce Banner/The Hulk as Dr. David Banner/The Incredible Hulk - 81 episodes, 1977 - 1982 character: Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk as Dr. David Banner/The Incredible Hulk - 1 episode, 1978 | ||
Captain America II: Death Too Soon | 1979 | TV Movie characters - uncredited | |
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing | 1979 | TV Series character: The Thing - uncredited | |
Captain America | 1979 | TV Movie characters - uncredited | |
The Fantastic Four | 1978 | TV Series characters | |
Three Giant Men | 1973 | character: Captain America - uncredited | |
Spider-Man | 1967-1970 | TV Series characters - 52 episodes | |
Binbasi Tayfun | 1968 | comic strip Captain America | |
Fantastic Four | TV Series comic - 4 episodes, 1967 - 1968 based upon an idea by - 2 episodes, 1967 based on an idea by - 1 episode, 1967 | ||
Iron Man | 1966 | TV Series characters | |
Captain America | 1966 | TV Series comic book & characters - uncredited / creator - uncredited | |
The Marvel Super Heroes | 1966 | TV Series comic book & characters - uncredited | |
Hulk | 1966 | TV Series characters / creator | |
Mighty Thor | 1966 | TV Series comic book & characters - 1 episode | |
Captain America Battles the Red Skull | 1964 | Short character created by - uncredited | |
Captain America vs. The Mutant | 1964 | Short character created by: Captain America - uncredited | |
Captain America | 1944 | character - uncredited |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Centurions | 1986 | TV Series creative consultant - 65 episodes | |
Lazer Tag Academy | 1986 | TV Series creative consultant - 1986 | |
Rambo | 1986 | TV Series creative consultant - 1986 | |
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos | 1986 | TV Series creative consultant - 5 episodes | |
Fantastic Four | 1967 | TV Series based on an idea by - 1 episode | |
Avengers Assemble | 2013-2014 | TV Series creator - 12 episodes | |
Ultimate Spider-Man | 2012-2014 | TV Series creator - 7 episodes | |
Young Justice | 2011-2013 | TV Series creator - 13 episodes | |
The Avengers | 2012 | characters: Anthony "Tony" Edward StarkTony Stark/Iron Man, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Robert Bruce Banner/The Hulk & Thor Odinson/Thor, Colonel Nicholas "Nick" Joseph Fury & Jasper Sitwell - uncredited |
Animation Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Sectaurs | 1986 | TV Mini-Series character designer - 1 episode | |
Lazer Tag Academy | 1986 | TV Series character designer - 1 episode | |
Rambo | 1986 | TV Series character designer - 1 episode | |
Centurions | 1986 | TV Series character designer - 1 episode | |
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos | 1986 | TV Series character designer - 1 episode | |
Mister T | 1983-1985 | TV Series character designer - 30 episodes | |
SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show | 1984 | TV Series character designer - 1 episode | |
Turbo Teen | 1984 | TV Series character designer - 1 episode | |
Goldie Gold and Action Jack | 1981 | TV Series character designer - 13 episodes | |
Thundarr the Barbarian | 1980-1981 | TV Series character designer - 21 episodes | |
Space Stars | 1981 | TV Series character designer - 1981 | |
The World's Greatest SuperFriends | 1979 | TV Series character designer - 8 episodes | |
The New Shmoo | 1979 | TV Series character designer - 1979 | |
Hold the Wire | 1936 | Short assistant animator - uncredited | |
A Clean Shaven Man | 1936 | Short assistant animator - uncredited | |
Swat the Fly | 1935 | Short inbetween animator - uncredited |
Art Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | 2010 | Video documentary art contributor | |
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros | 2001 | TV Movie documentary art work | |
The Fantastic Four | 1978 | TV Series storyboard artist - 13 episodes | |
The Marvel Super Heroes | 1966 | TV Series original artwork - 1966 |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Incredible Hulk | 1979 | TV Series | Sketch Artist |
Starsky and Hutch | 1976 | TV Series | Officer Day |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Bird of Steel! | special thanks filming | ||
Atop the Fourth Wall | 2013 | TV Series special thanks - 1 episode | |
Thor: The Dark World | 2013 | special thanks | |
Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | special thanks | |
Thor | 2011 | special thanks | |
Iron Man: Extremis | 2010 | TV Mini-Series special thanks - 1 episode | |
Frankenpimp | 2009 | special thanks | |
The King & the Worst | 2009 | Short in memory of | |
Minoriteam | 2006 | TV Series special thanks - 1 episode | |
Sin City | 2005 | special thanks | |
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' | 2003 | Video documentary special thanks - as Jack 'King' Kirby | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2003 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode | |
X-Men | 2000 | special thanks | |
Superman | 1998 | TV Series dedicated to the memory of - 1 episode |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Anti Gravity Room | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
Bob | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
Prisoners of Gravity | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
Comic Book Confidential | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
The Masters of Comic Book Art | 1987 | Documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Troldspejlet | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Artist / Himself - Co-Creator, Captain America |
The Replacement Gods | 2012 | Video documentary | Himself |
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2009 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form | Iron Man (2008) |